Nanotechnology and Human Health
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780849381454
Description: Addressing medium- and long-term expectations for human health, this book reviews current scientific and technical developments in nanotechnology for biomedical, agrofood, and environmental applications. This collection of perspectives on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of bionanotechnology provides unique insight into contemporary technological developments. Readers with a technical background will benefit from the overview of the state-of-the-art research in their field, while readers with a social science background will benefit from the discussion of realistic prospects of na.
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Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1; title: Introduction; Chapter 2; title: Nanomaterial Characterization and Metrology; Chapter 3; title: Nanoparticles: New Medical Potential-Today and Tomorrow; Chapter 4; title: Nanomaterials for Bone Reconstructive Composites; Chapter 5; title: Nanotechnologies in Agrofood and Water; Chapter 6; title: Nanofoods: Environmental, Health, and Socioeconomic Risks or the Achilles' Heel of Nanotechnologies?; Chapter 7; title: Benefits of Nanotechnology for the Environment; Chapter 8; title: In Vitro Study for Nanomaterials.; title: Chapter 9; title: Toxicokinetics and Interaction of Nanoparticles with Biological MatricesChapter 10; title: Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology of Nanomaterials; Chapter 11; title: Life Cycle Risks and Impacts of Nanotechnologies; Chapter 12; title: Anticipating Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Emerging Technology Gaps in Innovation Chain: The Case of Body Area Networks; Chapter 13; title: Capability Approach to Nanotechnology for Sustainable Development; Conclusion; Back Cover.